Henry VIIIWar and Palaces

Catherine of Aragon Cardinal Wolsey

Katherine of Aragon - Regent

• 1513 Henry VIII invasion of France• With Council organized response to invasion

by James IV• Reported to have personally assembled

reserve force– Arms of England and Spain

Navy

Henry VII1487 Purchase a ship1488 Regent, SovereignGreat ships of ~600 tons1488, 1490 Seize two Scottish ships1497 Two ships built

Henry VIII1511 Mary Rose1513 Henry Grace a DieuBy 1547: 47 ships built

35 purchased or captured

Great Ship, Snargate

Mary Rose

Henry Grace à Dieu or Great Harry, Anthony Roll, 1545 Photo by Gerry Bye. Original by Anthony Anthony. - Anthony Roll as reproduced in The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy: Pepys Library 2991 and British Library Additional MS 22047

Greenwich Palace and the Royal Docks

Wolsey and Henry VIII Hampton Court

Thomas Wolsey

Capitalized on Henry’s disdain for routine work1514-15 Archbishop of York; Cardinal1518 Established lectureships in humanities at Cambridge1525 Cardinal College, Oxford to combat heresy

Wolsey

• Taxes on wealth affected rich• Courts of the Star Chamber and Chancery

revived• Tried to regulate prices and use of enclosures

Hampton Court(B) Base Court –guests; (D) Clock Court-state apts.; (O)

Clock Tower-Wolsey apts.

Contemporary Views

The king’s courtShould have the excellence,But Hampton CourtHath the preeminence

John Skelton“Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs” Wolsey

Hampton Court

Base Tower Reliefs by Giovanni da Maiano "Hampton Court Palace (3037996528)" by Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Tiberius Nero

Hampton Court, 1540

Meeting of Henry VIII and Emperor Maximilian, 1513

Battle of the Spurs, 1513

Battle of the Spurs, detail, surrender of Chevalier Bayard

Embarkation from Dover

Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520

Field of the Cloth of Gold, Henry VIII

Canvas Palace Constructions Kite?

Field of the Cloth of Gold, detail, beer and wine fountain

Whitehall Palace from Thames

Whitehall Palace from 1560s map

Whitehall Stairs

Privy Stairs

Scotland Yard

Holbein Gate